Kindle Fire Handle

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This is a handle for holding the Fire while you read, watch, browse, etc. I bought my family (and myself) Fires for Christmas, and mine came early!. I quickly realized that its heavy enough that its hard to hold while using it for any length of time, without a handle. I designed this handle, and shortly after unwrapping the Fires I passed out the handles that I had printed last week. It gets rave reviews. The feedback I get is that both the knob and the handle are useful, I was thinking perhaps only one is necessary. My prototype only has the handle, and I missed having an easier way to hold it in landscape position, so I added the knob to the subsequent prints. The stls are the ones I printed, and I have included the design files, in native Alibre and as STEP files in the ZIP. Instructions All the various parts should print on a well calibrated machine. (kfhandle_assy.stl is not to be printed.) The overhangs on the handles caused a few stray loops for me, but manageable. The assembly is designed to be screwed together using #2 plastite screws, Mcmaster-Carr 96001A160 or similar. I have started using screws designed for plastic instead of the 3mm machine screw-embedded nut trick, it really works well. The long handle does partly block the big clip screws, but it can be assembled. The two plates need to be epoxied together as well, I feel. I use small diameter felt pads on the inside clip surfaces and the part of the plates that bear on the bottom of the Fire. In that way the Fire is held snugly and doesn't rub on any plastic. Without the felt pads the Fire will not be held securely.